Courtesy-Nature
“Red lines” would be laid down to the Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at their upcoming meeting after rallying NATO allies to face up to challenges from Moscow and Beijing as said by US President Joe Biden on Monday. Biden insisted that although he is not looking for any conflicts with Russia, but if Russia continues its harmful activities, the US shall respond. Ahead of the hotly anticipated meeting in Geneva, Biden termed Putin as tough and a worthy adversary on Wednesday.
As Biden pressed to renew Washington’s transatlantic ties with allies after years of tension under his predecessor Donald Trump, the warning to the Kremlin leader then came. As the alliance fleshed out its nascent approach to Beijing, systematic challenges were posed by China’s aggressive policies while NATO leaders agreed to work together against it at Biden’s urging. According to a statement, the international borders at a threat by China’s increasingly assertive actions in building a nuclear arsenal as well as space and cyber warfare capabilities.
The allies will be seeking to cooperate with China on global issues like climate change, as the European capitals needed as said by the NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. China’s growing influence and international policies surely present challenges to Alliance security, he warned in a nod to Washington’s growing concern.
By getting NATO to start paying attention to Beijing, Biden is picking up from where Trump left off. Alliance members should not “overestimate” the dangers posed by Beijing as insisted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.